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Audrey Landers

Audrey Landers (born July 18, 1956) is an American actress and singer, best known for her role as Afton Cooper on the television series Dallas and her role as Val Clarke in the film version of A Chorus Line (1985).[1]

Career

Before joining Dallas, she guest-starred in numerous television series, including The Dukes of Hazzard, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat and Battlestar Galactica and appeared as a panelist on Match Game in 1979 and on Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour in 1983–84. In the 1990s, she appeared in the television miniseries of Jackie Collins' Lucky Chances. From 1990 to 1992, she played the role of Charlotte Hesser, eldest daughter of upstate Pennsylvania mob boss Carlo Hesser on the ABC daytime series One Life to Live.[2]

After she left Dallas in 1984, she was cast by director Richard Attenborough as Val Clarke in the film version of A Chorus Line (1985). In 2013, she reprised her role of Afton Cooper in several episodes of the second season of the revival of Dallas.[3][4]

With her young sons as inspiration, Landers created the children's television series, The Huggabug Club in 1996,[2] for which, in addition to writing the scripts, she also wrote the 250+ original songs in the series. Her partner (and mother), Ruth Landers, produced the series and donated it to Public Television for its five-year run.

In 2006, she co-wrote, and co-directed the family adventure film, Circus Island, a Ruth Landers production. Landers and her mother have also created a fashion line called Landers STAR Collection which is gaining global popularity through QVC UK, and in Italy, Canada, Germany, and the U.S.[5]

Personal life

Audrey is sister of actress Judy Landers, and has acted with her in several roles, including multiple episodes of The Love Boat and The Hitchhiker episode "Split Decision", as well as Circus Island and Ghost Writer, films produced by Ruth Landers. Audrey and Judy Landers were on the cover and in a non-nude pictorial of the January 1983 issue of Playboy.[6]

Landers married businessman Donald Berkowitz in May 1988. They have twin sons, Adam and Daniel, born in 1993.[7]

Selected filmography

Discography

Albums
Singles

Charts

Albums

Singles

References

  1. ^ "What Does This Singer Look Like Now?". HuffPost. July 17, 2012. Archived from the original on March 1, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Audrey Landers profile". tcm.com. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  3. ^ "Keck's Exclusives First Look: Dallas Brings Back Another Vet". March 11, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  4. ^ "Keck's Exclusives: Dallas Vet Audrey Landers Says "Rebecca Needs Her Mother"". August 30, 2012. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  5. ^ "About Audrey Landers". Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  6. ^ Soulsman, Gary (January 9, 1983). "For some women, taking it off puts them on path to success". Sunday News Journal. pp. 43, 45. Retrieved June 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Profile, ediblesarasota.ediblecommunities.com. Accessed May 22, 2024.
  8. ^ "Audrey Landers - Little River". Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  9. ^ "Audrey Landers - Wo der Südwind weht". Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  10. ^ "Audrey Landers - Paradise Generation". Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  11. ^ "Audrey Landers - Weites Land". Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  12. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 172. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  13. ^ "Audrey Landers - Manuel Goodbye". Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on September 1, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  14. ^ "Audrey Landers - Little River (single)". Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  15. ^ "Audrey Landers - Playa Blanca". Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  16. ^ "Audrey Landers - Honeymoon in Trinidad". Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on November 20, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  17. ^ "Audrey Landers - Mi Amor". Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on October 15, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  18. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  19. ^ "Bernhard Brink & Audrey Landers - Heute habe ich an dich gedacht". Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2015.

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